Are the War on Drugs and the War on Terrorism Really Wars on Free Speech?

-The first is freedom of speech and expression - everywhere in the world.-

I recently came across an article about free speech as it relates to illegal drugs. In Supreme Court case Morse v. Fredrick, the judges were to decide whether free speech covered the promotion of illegal drugs. A high school student had his banner destroyed, by a teacher during a field trip, which read "Bong Hits 4 Jesus". The question sited is basically whether or not one is protected under the First Amendment to promote the use of illegal drugs.

It is reported that the White House Office of National Drug Policy and Drug Policy Alliance say that students are denied the right to hear from different perspectives. Meaning it is all ok to have free speech when one is speaking of the evils of drugs, such as crystal meth or marijuana, however, when it comes to doctors talking about the medical uses for marijuana, then it's no longer appropriate. So where do we draw the line? When do we have a committee to hear and analyze every word or combinations, and ratify the constitutions first amendment excluding all words or phrases than one might find disagreeable or offensive? Worse yet, who is to decide?

It seems to me, and perhaps my meaning of the word patriot is a little skewed, but freedom of speech should be just that, the freedom to express oneself, as one wishes to; reguardless of who thinks it may be inappropriate.

I think that if we begin drawing lines, then eventually there will be nothing left that we can say. Or perhaps the government will issue a 50 page report on what is still allowed, and how it may be used legally. Then we can download authorized statements and questions into our i-pods and learn the English language all over again, and its fully political correct form.

I, as well as many of my associates, hold the consensus that Big Brother is about to make his final move. Eventually we will all be chipped so that everything we do or say will be monitored, recorded, and processed through a computer to increase the efficiency of placing people in to their proper places. If you have ever read, or seen the movie, 1984 then you will have some idea what I am talking about. Our freedom is no longer as free as it used to be. I have heard, from more than one person that they would like to move to Iraq, so that they can experience freedom for themselves.

It seems a bit exaggerated, however it does seem that while our soldiers are dying in another country, to bring them freedom, while we, here in the states, lose more of our freedom every day. Freedom of speech and freedom of privacy are becoming more of a joke every year. One can't make a phone call or go onto the internet without our government wanting to make sure you're not a terrorist. Let's be real here, it seems only so many Americans could be potential terrorists before one begins to wonder whether it is the government who is the real terrorist.

Doesn't the Declaration of Independence say "for the people by the people"? If the people believe differently than the government, shouldn't the government change its' position to please the people it supposedly serves? Yet, even though the people want an end to these wars, the government is stepping things up. Sounds to me like the evil kinds of things other ruthless dictators did when they were in power.

My biggest question however is why can't we do anything about it? Bush has gone so far as to tell congress in a televised State of the Union address that he is "the decision maker". So now the government doesn't listen to the people, and the president has all but discarded our congressional representatives. What's next?

-The "PATRIOT Act" is a repressive "coordination" of the entities of force and deception, the police, intelligence and the military. It broadens, centralizes and combines the surveillance, arrest and harassment capabilities of the police and intelligence apparatus. Homeland defence is, in essence, a form of state terrorism directed against the American people and democracy itself. It is the Pentagon Inc. declaring war on America.- http://globalresearch.ca/articles/MOR312A.html

How can that be freedom? I remember when I was a child the Big Bad Soviet Union had to be destroyed so that the people in communist countries could experience the freedoms that we did here in the US. Freedoms like being able to speak out against what you thought was injustice, and having conversations with your friends without worrying whether or not it was being recorded. Sad of all is the fact that it was those kinds of freedoms that made this the greatest country in the world; it seems this is no longer so.

More on the Wars at Home coming...